Comment Self driving anomaly? (Score 1) 235
The only way to make sense of quote buttons as an anomaly is if they are designing cars that will eventually drive for you, so the American consumer can get back to staring at touch screens and taking in ads and such.
Comment Low on compute? (Score 1) 49
Hmm, how is Meta somehow low on compute or storage resources? Lets say they are reallocating for LMM training (likely), or ad revenue isnâ(TM)t keeping up with operational costs (also likely). Tossing the existing higher res render for low view rate videos and re-rendering from the source upload if they become popular again, which likely only happens if you run a paid ad campaign. So yea, squeezing the stone here.
Comment Running? (Score 1) 33
I realize this is a technology demo but running seems like the last thing we need automated.
Comment Apple One (Score 1) 137
An Apple One Premier subscription runs 38USD a month: 2TB cloud, music, tv, news, arcade, and fitness with family sharing so 5 other accounts can use all services. Apple just needs to keep its tv library compelling enough to make subscribers think twice about downgrading their subscription.
Comment Cellular peptide cake (Score 1) 38
Comment Nothing to lose (Score 1) 47
Raveendran said he remains hopeful that his startup will make a comeback. âoeI have nothing to lose. I came from a small village. I invested everything I had into the startup.â
In other words, he only has investorâ(TM)s money to lose.
Steve Jobs Tries To Sneak Shurikens On a Plane 661
An anonymous reader writes "Steve Jobs, while on a family vacation to Japan in July, picked himself up some Shuriken, otherwise known as Ninja throwing stars, as a souvenir. In his wisdom he decided to put them in his carry on luggage for the return journey. As it was a private plane he probably thought there would be no issue, but he was wrong. Even private plane passengers have to have all their baggage scanned, and the throwing stars were detected and deemed a hazard. It's alleged that Jobs argued that he could take them on the plane as no one could steal them on his private jet and use them. Security at the airport disagreed and demanded he remove the stars. Jobs, clearly angry at losing his throwing weapons, stated he would not be returning to the country." Undoubtedly this is part of the iNinja project.
The World's Strongest, Most Expensive Beer Served Inside a Squirrel 228
If you have $765 burning a hole in your pocket, and a penchant for drinking alcohol out of a taxidermied animal, the good folks at BrewDog have just the drink for you. Their latest creation, called The End of History, is a 110 proof beer that comes packaged in a variety of small stuffed animals.
Don't Stop File-Sharing, Says Former Pink Floyd Manager 243
Barence writes "The former manager of Pink Floyd has labelled attempts to clamp down on music file-sharing as a 'waste of time.' 'Not only are they a waste of time, they make the law offensive. They are comparable to prohibition in the US in the 1920s,' said Peter Jenner, who's now the emeritus president of the International Music Managers' Forum. 'It's absurd to expect ordinary members of the public to think about what they're allowed to do [with CDs, digital downloads, etc]... and then ask themselves whether it's legal or not.' The comments come as Britain's biggest ISP, BT, said it was confident that Britain's Digital Economy Act — which could result in file-sharers losing their internet connection — would be overturned in the courts, because it doesn't comply with European laws on privacy."
Online Chess With Physical Pieces On a Chessboard 63
D4C5CE writes "A chess-playing German tinkerer has contrived (and made a video of) an amazing contraption that plugs real chess pieces into the freechess.org server using a 20W LED projector and an old webcam to read moves on a projected chessboard."
Comment Re:I smell... oh, never mind. (Score 1) 221
Probably about the same it would take to mo(o)ve tonnes of coal.
Comment Prepaid phone = recycled phone numbers (Score 1) 454
You should be able to set a custom ring/vibrate for numbers in your address book, eliminating the false starts from everyone calling the last person who had your phone's number.
Comment Re:Cool... (Score 1) 428
No, it has only pussy on its mind.
Comment 100 years later.. (Score 2, Informative) 240
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